Diffuse panbronchiolitis - A thin-section CT scoring system

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-71

  Sueyasu, Yoshiko ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial blood oxygen analysis; CT scoring system; Diffuse panbronchiolitis; Pulmonary function test; Thin section CT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRONCHIOLITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029689466     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.43.63     Document Type: Article

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